I am so glad that this thread was bumped. Congrats to all the Scouts (and their parents) on their achievements. Our friends’ son received his Eagle Award earlier this year and his project was creating fitness zones along a walking trail. Also, an Eagle Scout from our church’s Troop received an appointment to Annapolis.
Last year was our first as Tigers and we had a blast. I felt like I was herding cats on many occasions but it was all worth it. They enjoyed the Renaissance Festival but I think that they enjoyed playing with the TV cameras more.
My son placed first in his division for Raingutter Regatta and second overall. He also placed first in his division for Pinewood Derby and first place overall. To say that his dad was proud would be an understatement.
I was so busy helping with the other divisions’ heats that I didn’t even realize that he had done so well.
We had a combined Blue and Gold/Crossover Banquet a few weeks ago. It came as a great surprise that my den received the National Den Award (including a ribbon for our den flag) and that I received the Tiger Cub Den Leader Award (including a TCDLA Knot). (It was a surprise because I had not heard from the District office if our applications had been approved or not. They also usually only award these at District Banquets.) My boys also received their Religious Knot for completing our Archdiocese’s Guardian Angel Award. They had already received their medals at a special Scout Mass from the Auxiliary Bishop. Two sisters and a brother earned Cub Scout Buddy certificates. Lots of fun and great memories.
We are looking forward to our Wolf year. I was very touched when the boys asked me to be their leader again.